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OT - Advice on Ankle Surgery
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:14 pm
Broke my ankle in 3 places during snow / Noreaster 3/15. I got 2 screws and a plate. What is the healing process.
Have Key West planned 9 weeks out from surgery trying to determine if I should post pone.
Have Key West planned 9 weeks out from surgery trying to determine if I should post pone.
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Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:16 pm to thelawnwranglers
I broke my nose once and it took awhile to heal. Still have a scar and it was a bunch of years ago. The nose bone is actually pretty dissimilar to a ankle bone though so it probably won't be the same since you don't walk on your nose but you do use a ankle to walk with.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:17 pm to thelawnwranglers
Me thinks this would have been a great question for your doctor. You know, the one who did the surgery
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:17 pm to thelawnwranglers
How old are you?
Young peeps heal fast...
Young peeps heal fast...
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:17 pm to LucasP
quote:
walk on your nose but you do use a ankle to walk with.
Yeah not helpful but thanks for input
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:18 pm to thelawnwranglers
You should be fine.
I had ankle surgery and was at the beach in Seaside 6 weeks later.
I had ankle surgery and was at the beach in Seaside 6 weeks later.
This post was edited on 3/26/17 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:19 pm to Konkey Dong
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thinks this would have been a great question for your doctor. You know, the one who did the surgery
Last memory of him I am naked in OR and Anthesolgoist is telling me how surgeon is from St Louis as she freaks my head up
Will see them in a week
Trust OT anyway lol
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:20 pm to TigerBait1971
quote:
How old are you?
Young peeps heal fast...
38 but a fatty
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:20 pm to thelawnwranglers
Bone typically takes 6-8 weeks to heal. I am assuming you broke both your tibia (2 screws) and fibula (plate).
While you should technically be able to walk on it by then, it may still be pretty sore and stiff.
More importantly, I suggest you ask your surgeon and not strangers with no intimate knowledge of the injury/repair. I know I'd be pissed if one of my pts asked people on a message board instead of me about the post op course.
While you should technically be able to walk on it by then, it may still be pretty sore and stiff.
More importantly, I suggest you ask your surgeon and not strangers with no intimate knowledge of the injury/repair. I know I'd be pissed if one of my pts asked people on a message board instead of me about the post op course.
This post was edited on 3/26/17 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:21 pm to NASA Tiger
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had ankle surgery and was at the beach in Seaside 6 weeks later.
He said weight bearing in 6 weeks, but wife had microfacture knee surgery and she had a couple of weeks of not full weight
That said ankle is different so was unsure if there was a ramp up
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:23 pm to GEAUXT
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More importantly, I suggest you ask your surgeon and not strangers with no intimate knowledge of the injury/repair. I know I'd be pissed if one of my pts asked people on a message board instead of me about the post op course.
Lol I will talk to him or PA this Thursday. I am more getting a sense of potential outcomes. What he says will be law.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:23 pm to thelawnwranglers
2 months may be fine if you don't have any complications and get good PT.
I have a plate and 7 screws done a few years ago. Had post op infection and the frickers had to go back in and clean it out. Set back PT and delayed weight bearing which fricked me pretty good for 3 months.
Also, if you are popping pain killers eat oatmeal for breakfast if you ever want to shite again..
I have a plate and 7 screws done a few years ago. Had post op infection and the frickers had to go back in and clean it out. Set back PT and delayed weight bearing which fricked me pretty good for 3 months.
Also, if you are popping pain killers eat oatmeal for breakfast if you ever want to shite again..
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:24 pm to GEAUXT
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GEAUXT
I am basically in that first 2 weeks of stay off of it first meeting and first x-rays coming Thursday.
Wonder when I might start PT etc
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:25 pm to thelawnwranglers
I had two screws put in the other ankle after a fracture and I was playing flag football on it 8 weeks after surgery.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:26 pm to TigerBait1971
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Also, if you are popping pain killers eat oatmeal for breakfast if you ever want to shite again..
I cut the oxy 3 days post surgery
Was having wild dreams which included me kicking legs. Wasn't good plus I never had sharp pain just annoying discomfort.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:29 pm to thelawnwranglers
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Wonder when I might start PT etc
It all depends on the surgeon and the injury. I'd expect him to want you to start non weight bearing range of motion exercises around week 4. PT probably not until 6 weeks, at least imo, because sometimes they can be a little too aggressive.
Until then the best thing you can do is not overdo it or try to put weight on it. That could potentially really set you back.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:32 pm to thelawnwranglers
you've gotta think about the nature of your vacation...will you be walking a ton? if so, is walking a lot avoidable?...would limited mobility affect your enjoyment of the vacation?
the doctor or therapist should know how sore you will be at that time...you have to decide whether that is a problem or not.
the doctor or therapist should know how sore you will be at that time...you have to decide whether that is a problem or not.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:32 pm to GEAUXT
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all depends on the surgeon and the injury. I'd expect him to want you to start non weight bearing range of motion exercises around week 4. PT probably not until 6 weeks, at least imo, because sometimes they can be a little too aggressive.
Until then the best thing you can do is not overdo it or try to put weight on it. That could potentially really set you back.
Thanks for info
I am keeping it up and no weight for sure. I could ice better.
Yeah I will see what he or PA says Thrusday. I think at surgery he didn't really assume where I would be so probably waiting on this xray to judge next steps. Probably why he didn't answer all those questions.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:35 pm to thelawnwranglers
Get ready for fun shite like putting your foot in a bucket of ice water and then into a bucket of hot water and back and forth.
Also, I will never voluntarily take a bath over a shower again after all that shite...
Also, I will never voluntarily take a bath over a shower again after all that shite...
Posted on 3/26/17 at 7:35 pm to Spankum
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you've gotta think about the nature of your vacation...will you be walking a ton? if so, is walking a lot avoidable?...would limited mobility affect your enjoyment of the vacation?
the doctor or therapist should know how sore you will be at that time...you have to decide whether that is a problem or not.
Yeah Marathon walking is avoidable - Key West was going to do some walking. I was optimistic maybe they would want me walking a little.
Might be being a little agressive
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